Smyrna times., 1887-02-02
County and State Items.

The Laurel Gazette says that that
town "must and shall have a bank"
The House and Senate have provided
themselves with fountain pens at u cost
to the State of 500.
w. G. Littleton, Jr., of Dover, will
be married on February 21st to Miss
Lille Harrison Austin of Easton, Md.
Ex.MayOr Samuel H. Black of New
Castle has been appointed collector in
place of John w. Collman. Mr.. Black
is a brother-in-law of Senator Gray.
Cards are out announcing the mar
riage of Miss Sue, daughter of George
Parris Esq, to E. Newton Haag, of
Kansas, Wednesday evening, February
9th
Morton is to have another store,
making three for this growing village.
The population at this time is 160.
Four new houses will be built in the
Spring.
There is member of the Delaware
Legislature says the DeLdUdredn, who
needs no trap to catch mice in. He
simply kills them when they run up
his pantaloons.
SenatOr-elect Hiscock, it is said will
be the handsOmest man in the Senate.
We don't know about that. Senator
Gray, of Delaware, is still there
Georgetown Democrat.
The NJ. +. Church at Harrington has
been the scene of a wonderful revival,
1872 conversions having taken place so
far and the interest in the meetings
still running very high.
The walls of the burned Dean Wool
en- Mills in Newark are fast falling,
and becoming worthless from the effect
of recent sudden changes of tempera-
ture. 1t was thought at first that the
walls would remain intact and be little
injured, but subsequent examination
has proved them all to be weak and
dangerous.
The factions will wrestle with the
Levy Court, tomorrow, over the COun-
ty Treasurer's office. There are mum
erOus candidates for the place amongst
whom are James Sapp and james A.
Martin, of Milford Hundred; VIM.
Dickson and George Killen, of South
Murderkill, and Abraham Moore, of
Little Creek. The Collectors will be
made the same day.
We are shown this week by our
neighbor, NJ. B. Walls, an old almanac
having date of 1915, printed by Peter
Brynberg of Wilmington. 1t shows
that the census of Delaware in 1900
was 1875, and states that the general
election was held the first Tuesday in
October. The United States Senators
were Outerbridge HOrsey and William
H. Wells, and the Representatives were
Thomas Cooper and Henry M. Ridgely.
SUSSEX Journal
TOMATOES. Those farmers who grew
tomatoes the past year did very well.
One farmer in Little Creek Neck grew
fifteen tons per acre, his land paying
him as well as a peach crop, 800 per
acre. He had five acres in. OF the
800 acres grown for the cannery at
Leipsic the average was five and a-half
tons per acre, farmers realizing $33 per
acre. $4,000 for the tomatoes grown
for one canning establishment scatters
a large amount of money among the
farmers.-Sentinel.
Representative John Harrington of
Milford hundred made a sensible sug-
gestiOn Thursday in moving to have a
bill, providing for a new road in
South MuTderkill hundred, reeOmmit-
ted on the ground that the Levy Court
of the county had ample authority to
lay out roads, or, if that body did not
have such authority, it ought to have.
Mr.. HarringtOn's idea should be devel-
Oped to a rational conclusion. There
is no good reason why this matter Oi
laying out new roads should be imposed
upon the General Assembly, and il
should be fully and definitely placed
under the authority of the Levy Court
The annual meeting of the State
Temperance Alliance of Delaware will
be held at Dover to-day. Delegates
are expected to be present from a greal
majority Of the churches in the State
and large and impressive session i
anticipated. At meeting of the Exc
cutiVe Committee of the Alliance the
following gentlemen were appointed a
committee to draft a Local Option Bill
for presentation to the Legislature now
in session. Alfred GawthrOp, George
W. Todd, Alex. Deakyne, Rev. r. +
Terry, Charles III. Register, Rev. 7. +
Martndale, J. Y. Stewart, Edwin
Stevenson, J. II. Marvel, Miles Messick
c. II. Treat, and Rev. A. c. HeatOn
ID. ID.
J. Frank Wilds, Register of Wills 70
Kent county has granted letters Of ad
mInistratiOn upon the estate of Eliza
beth Purnell, late OfNew Castle count,
to VIM. L. Carter upon the estate o
VIM. Brinkley, late of North Murder
kill Hundred, to Henrietta Lowe; upOl
the estate Of VIM. L. Cain, late Of Mis-
pillion Hundred, to James Porter
upon the estate of VIM. Williams, lat,
of Little Creek Hundred, to Ruth viii
liams: upon the estate of ThOs. 4
Moore, late of West Dover Hundred
to Hester Moore; upon the estate &
Thomas Moiiitt, late Of Duck Cree
Hundred. to E. J. Colt; upon the es
tate of Samuel H. KINNEY, late of In
diana, to VIM. A. KINNEY.
LAW AND ORDER.-There was
large union prayer meeting held at tn
Presbyterian church in Milford, o
Thursday evening, in behalf of tn
children who are attending school bot
at home and abroad. 1t was addresse
by the Revs II. l.. Bunstein, w,
Robinson, S. II. Hashell and j.
Willis.
After the meeting a number of Ii
congregation met in the interest of la
and order. The increase Of public pr
family and drunkenness on the stree
was deplored, and a committee WI
appointed to decide what action shOu
be taken to check these and other eVi
that are cOrruptiDg the youth of u
town. The committee, it is expecte
will call public meeting, and tn
some decided action will be taken
enforce the laws TO cneck profanity ar
regulate the sale Of liquor.